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baltimore city has now opened overnight emergency shelters for those without power. they are located at the baltimore junior academy and the dawson family save haven center. >>> service to 600,000 was cut at the height of the storm. more than 34,000 are still in the dark. in baltimore county, the number stands at 67,000. in the city, more than 51,000. >> first warning coverage continues now. we are joined with more on how people are coping in baltimore county. >> reporter: around the baltimore county area and some of the surrounding counties, there are a lot of road closures because of toppled trees and the down dangerous power lines, but the frustrations and inconvenience many folks are finding when they encounter these roads closed are nothing compared to the hassles of those spending another night in the dark. in howard county, the trees that fell in roger davis' yard took out major electrical lines. >> this is this the worst since we've been here. >> reporter: waiting for roads to reopen and power to return. >> our grandchildren are coming from california, so we'
baltimore city has now opened overnight emergency shelters for those without power. they are located at the baltimore junior academy and the dawson family save haven center. >>> service to 600,000 was cut at the height of the storm. more than 34,000 are still in the dark. in baltimore county, the number stands at 67,000. in the city, more than 51,000. >> first warning coverage continues now. we are joined with more on how people are coping in baltimore county. >> reporter:...
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several lights around in baltimore city. use extra caution this morning. this is the west side of the beltway at baltimore national pike. both loops are moving just fine with light volume. this is 95 at the fort mchenry toll plaza. southbound traffic is moving just fine. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> the continuing efforts by b.g.e. to restore all the power knocked out by friday storm. more than 170,000 customers without power. there were more than 240,000 without power yesterday morning at this time. crews have been restore power to more than 70,000 customers in the past 24 hours. b.g.e. crews had restored power to more that half a million customers in total since friday. be ge's is exercising a strict protocol -- b.g.e. is exercising strict protocol. they go after power feeders that clean to a large clusters of up to 2,000 customers. this is according to a b.g.e. spokesman. >> we need to plan for the worst and hope for the best. this could be a long restoration period. it could extend into the weekend. >> we will have a live interview coming
several lights around in baltimore city. use extra caution this morning. this is the west side of the beltway at baltimore national pike. both loops are moving just fine with light volume. this is 95 at the fort mchenry toll plaza. southbound traffic is moving just fine. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> the continuing efforts by b.g.e. to restore all the power knocked out by friday storm. more than 170,000 customers without power. there were more than 240,000 without power...
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baltimore city, anne arundel county, and howard county are also struggling. in total, more than 147,000 bge customers in maryland are still out. for more details on the power restoration progress, vic carter is live with bge spokesman rob gould. >> rob, thanks again for joining us. you said you have the bulk of the people back online. but it's still going to take a while. >> yes. we have 80% or more restored. but it's really that 147,000 figure that we're ficked on now. and of course, -- fixed on now. and of course, if you're without power, you don't care how many are restored. you want to be restored. for all of these images we're showing you, it's just going to take sometime. >> what is the biggest challenge facing you at this time? >> trees, trees and more trees. this storm is as bad if not worse than a hurricane. and hurricane irene, what we saw there is pretty bad. this is real bad. we have trees all over the place, in places you wouldn't expect to see them having come down. and that's really posing a challenge. we have to get in there, cut away the tree
baltimore city, anne arundel county, and howard county are also struggling. in total, more than 147,000 bge customers in maryland are still out. for more details on the power restoration progress, vic carter is live with bge spokesman rob gould. >> rob, thanks again for joining us. you said you have the bulk of the people back online. but it's still going to take a while. >> yes. we have 80% or more restored. but it's really that 147,000 figure that we're ficked on now. and of...
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baltimore city, anne arundel county, and howard county, are also struggling. and in total now, more than 140,000 bge customers in maryland are still without power. >>> as we have told you, bge crews have been out around the clock. and for the latest on the status of those repair efforts, let's go to mary bubala. and rob gould. >> thank you, rob, for coming in. let's talk about the possibility of the storms tonight. what does that mean for the bge tomorrow. >> we're certainly worried about it. there's no doubt. we said this restoration would extend through the weekend. if we find that we have storms that roll through, just like we did the other night, we lost 12,000 customers just in a matter of a few minutes. if we have that happen, that can definitely impact the restoration. that's something we are keeping a close eye on, not just tonight but tomorrow as well. >> we continue to report on the large number of trees that are on power lines. people are very worried about live lines. power lines just being on the ground. what should -- what are you telling people?
baltimore city, anne arundel county, and howard county, are also struggling. and in total now, more than 140,000 bge customers in maryland are still without power. >>> as we have told you, bge crews have been out around the clock. and for the latest on the status of those repair efforts, let's go to mary bubala. and rob gould. >> thank you, rob, for coming in. let's talk about the possibility of the storms tonight. what does that mean for the bge tomorrow. >> we're...
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a car crushed by a tree in northeast baltimore city. that souped -- that sound has become a common one as clean up continues. now we're left with power outages and all the damage and another issue the heat. it has turned deadly as the clean up continues. wjz and mike schuh is live near bwi this morning. mike is standing near a grove of cherry pickers. good morning, mike. >> reporter: that's a good one to put it. there's a giant tent just on the other side of here where the night shift is coming in and getting grubbed up with the food they're catering. they offer landry and all sorts of services. there are 1,300 out of state and sometimes out of country workers here. 3,300 people in all between the out of stateers and the bge crew trying to restore power. it's a massive effort. >> right in between. >> look closely. do you see the car underneath this tree? this man was driving on rogers avenue when it landed on top of him. >> the tree surrounding all four of my doors, cracked through my back window. >> emergency crews had to pry him out.
a car crushed by a tree in northeast baltimore city. that souped -- that sound has become a common one as clean up continues. now we're left with power outages and all the damage and another issue the heat. it has turned deadly as the clean up continues. wjz and mike schuh is live near bwi this morning. mike is standing near a grove of cherry pickers. good morning, mike. >> reporter: that's a good one to put it. there's a giant tent just on the other side of here where the night shift is...
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. >>> 60s in the pacific northwest. 90s from salt lake city to baltimore. and 80s here in the northeast. >>> well, crews battling the huge western wildfires need all the help they can get. but actually they now have just lost some crucial equipment in the fight. seven military air tankers are now grounded after a c-130 cargo plane with a crew of six went down sunday night while fighting a fire in south dakota. the crash killed at least one of the crew members who were based in north carolina. president obama has already offered his condolences. >>> new details are emerging about the navy jet that slammed into a virginia beach apartment complex in april. investigators say for the first time ever, both engines on the f-18 hornet failed. the right engine stalled. and the left engine also malfunctioned. they're still trying to figure out exactly caused the event. the pilots did manage to eject safely and miraculously. no one on the ground was killed. >>> with that we turn to the largest health care fraud settlement in the nation's history. prosecutors say drug
. >>> 60s in the pacific northwest. 90s from salt lake city to baltimore. and 80s here in the northeast. >>> well, crews battling the huge western wildfires need all the help they can get. but actually they now have just lost some crucial equipment in the fight. seven military air tankers are now grounded after a c-130 cargo plane with a crew of six went down sunday night while fighting a fire in south dakota. the crash killed at least one of the crew members who were based in...